wriggle

wriggle off the hook

To avoid having to do something, likened to a fish escaping from the hook of a fishing rod. My mom wanted me to help her clean out the garage this weekend, but I was able to wriggle off the hook, thanks to my away basketball game.

wriggle in(to something)

wriggle out

(of something)

1. . Lit. to wiggle and squeeze out of something or some place. She wriggled out of her tight skirt and changed into something more comfortable. The skirt was so tight, she had to wriggle out. She couldn't pull it off.

2. . Fig. to get out of having to do something; to evade a responsibility. Don't try to wriggle out of this. I won't let you wriggle out this time.

Val Javin, at 5ft 6in, spoke vividly about "the wriggle factor" - and apologised in advance to anyone sitting alongside her for the endless wriggling and squirming she finds necessary in order to get comfortable in the balcony seats.

Rome ran a clip of the linebacker that showed him returning an intercepted pass for a touchdown, and then begin showboating for the crowd -- coming up the field with his hips wriggling, shoulders shaking, belly rolling, and legs strutting.

My ploy seemed to work, and I managed to pick him/her up squeaking and wriggling for just enough time to bring him/her to the space between the railings of the adjacent garden, where I let him/her go right at the foot of a tall old tree.

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